Dave Wannstedt Ricky Quotations

We're going to do what we have to do to try and win the game, ... Ricky wanted to go in at the end of (Sunday's) game to get 100 yards. I took him out. He's a competitor. ... There's not a player on our team who says, 'You try and win it, I'll watch.' That doesn't compute.

We're going to do what we have to do to try and win the game. Ricky wanted to go in at the end of (Sunday's) game to get 100 yards. I took him out. He's a competitor. ... There's not a player on our team who says, 'You try and win it, I'll watch.' That doesn't compute.

I guarantee you teams are going to start off saying, 'Don't let Ricky Williams run the ball,'

I really think that Ricky was put in such a fish bowl in New Orleans, ... And now he's in Miami, and he's not in a fish bowl. He's really not. From an outside standpoint, he might be. But not from within this locker room.

I'll take the pressure off Ricky, ... I'll take the bullets for Ricky right now. When we made the trade, one of the first things I told him was, 'We've got Pro Bowlers on defense. You don't have to be the center of attention here. The media and the fans are going to try and make you that. But understand that's not how we're looking at it. We're not bringing you in here because we haven't been able to win any games here.'